A mysterious package arrives in the city of Ribera, in the country of Argos. The nobleman of the city of Pylaia, Don Rodrigo and father of Saint Tomás Pepe, sends him, Eighth, Hilda and Victra to get the package and take it to the capital, Illion.
The group embarks on its journey to Ribera, passing through Llanoverde and reaching the Cordillera de Reiz, where they are attacked by a group of bandits, led by Alfonso, to whom they overcome with difficulties. They shelter from the night in the house of a man named Victor, very close to the city of Ribera.
When the group arrives in Ribera, they find that it is being besieged by the enemy country of Kushistan. While Victra is in charge of infiltrating the group to the city and later to the fortress, the Kushistani soldiers try to enter the fortress, this being prevented by Tomás. The captain of the fortress gives Victra the package, which turns out to be a sapphire, which unleashes a series of "memories" in it. Later, the Kushistani soldiers enter the fortress thanks to Hashim with the intention of obtaining the sapphire and the group escapes from the city through a portal created by Tornillo.
The group meets with Tornillo in a cave near Ribera, which joins the group. They decide that the best route to get to Illion is to go through a forest. In the forest they meet Doc and Holly LeBrun, who claim that Tornillo stole a Gestal wood and that after "defeating" them, they arrive in the small town of Molinar, where they get money through a dance show.
Victra and Tomás, pretending to be Phaion's diplomats, talk to Molinar's ruling merchants, realizing their problems with Don Rodrigo. Without knowing how to help them, the group starts again, this time towards Valentía. After several days traveling through the forest, the group finally arrives at Valentía. They visit the Cathedral of Santa María de Llanoverde and meet Father Martín and Inquisitor Aaron Levy, with whom they do not get on very good terms, however, they join him in the fight against Hashim and the Kushistani army, when they enter to the city by force. Eighth, with the intention of delivering the sapphire, he goes out of control and demonstrates his magical abilities in combat, ends exhausted and with the danger of an inquisitor present.